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243. Varanasi North

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1991

UP-VARANASI-NORTH

BJP 51.7%won by 14.3%INC 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.3% to 14.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
94,815
Margin
13,574
14.32%

Candidates

23 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1AMAR NATH YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,98551.7%
  2. 2MOHD. SWALEH ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC35,41137.3%
  3. 3MUNNA LAL JAYASWALJanata Dal · JD5,2755.6%
  4. 4GOPALJanahitha Paksha · JP2,5982.7%
  5. 5RIYAJUL HAQUE ANSARIIndependent · IND6630.7%
  6. 6RAJENDERBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4070.4%
  7. 7ASHOKIndependent · IND3120.3%
  8. 8NAG NATH TIWARISMD · SMD2010.2%
  9. 9GYAN CHAND JAYASWALIndependent · IND1320.1%
  10. 10SANTOSHIndependent · IND980.1%
  11. 11RAKESH KUMARIndependent · IND970.1%
  12. 12RAM NARAINDDP · DDP790.1%
  13. 13MANVI SHARANIndependent · IND690.1%
  14. 14KAMRUDINIndependent · IND680.1%
  15. 15NAROTTAMIndependent · IND590.1%
  16. 16NURULHAKIndependent · IND580.1%
  17. 17MOHD. MURTTUJAIndependent · IND560.1%
  18. 18LAL JI SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND540.1%
  19. 19HARI HAR NATH NSHASTRIIndependent · IND530.1%
  20. 20SHAHANWAJ AHMAD KADRIIndependent · IND510.1%
  21. 21HARI NARAIN PANDAYIndependent · IND440.0%
  22. 22ENULHUDA ANSARIIndependent · IND240.0%
  23. 23UMESH KUMAR RAIIndependent · IND210.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−11.8%
BJP share
46.3% → 51.7%
INC share
20.2% → 37.3%
Turnout
— → —
242. Varanasi South244. Chiraigaon
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